Volkswagen's $15 billion settlement with aggrieved parties in the United States over the carmaker's dirty 2.0-liter turbodiesel four-cylinder engines may have been the peak of the Dieselgate fiasco, but it certainly wasn't the end of it. Among other factors, the settlement did nothing for the tens of thousands of Americans who owned vehicles powered by the VW Group's 3.0-liter diesel V-6—a group of cars and trucks that included models made by Porsche and Audi, as well as Volkswagen.

Until now, at least. On Thursday, a federal judge approved a settlement between VW and the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit representing the owners of the roughly 88,500 affects cars and SUVs in the U.S. In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, who also oversaw the 2.0-liter turbodiesel suit, signed off on the terms of settlement, which could be worth around $1.22 billion, according to Reuters.